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Thune Joins Colleagues in Reintroducing Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Telehealth Access, Make Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities Available During COVID-19 Pandemic
Thune Joins Colleagues in Reintroducing Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Telehealth Access, Make Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities Available During COVID-19 Pandemic
Thune Joins Colleagues in Reintroducing Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Telehealth Access, Make Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities Available During COVID-19 Pandemic
Telehealth use among Medicare beneficiaries increased by 13,000 percent in just a month and a half during the pandemic; CONNECT For Health Act holds broad bipartisan support, most comprehensive legislation on telehealth in Congress
WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) this week joined Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in leading a bipartisan group of 50 senators to reintroduce the Creating
04/30/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/30/2021 14:08
Thune Joins Colleagues in Reintroducing Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Telehealth Access, Make Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities Available During COVID-19 Pandemic
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U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) this week joined Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai i), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in leading a bipartisan group of 50 senators to reintroduce the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The CONNECT for Health Act will expand coverage of telehealth services through Medicare, make permanent COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities, improve health outcomes, and make it easier for patients to safely connect with their doctors.
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International experts convened at the Interoperability Forum session to discuss standout interoperability deployment projects across the Middle East and deep dive into the Health Information Exchange (HIE) initiatives that have ensued. As one of the founding partners, HIMSS, along with HL7 International and IHE International of the Global Consortium for eHealth Interoperability, highlighted how national governmental agencies, health systems and their partners must leverage emerging interoperability standards to improve clinical and financial outcomes.
The speakers were Dr Charles Jaffe, CEO at HL7, Tareq Hakeem, National eHealth standards interoperability manager and Hessa Ibrahim Al-Abbad, Vision and digital transformation director from the National Health Information Center, Saudi Health Council, Rob Havasy, managing director, Personal Connected Health Alliance, HIMSS, Lydia Lee, Partner and national leader, Digital Health KPMG, Charles Parisot, Principal & chief